Guatemala

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Official Name
Republic of Guatemala
Population Full

17,248,000 (2018 World Bank)

Principal Languages
Spanish
Literacy Rate
82% (2015 World Factbook)
International Conventions
CDE (1983), CPPDCE (2006), CSICH (2006), ICCPR (1992), ILOCITP (1996), UNCRPD (2009), UNDRIP (2007)
General References
Campbell 1992a, Campbell 1997, Mayers 1966
Deaf Population
100,000–650,000 (1998)
Language Counts
The number of established languages listed for Guatemala is 27. Of these, 26 are living and 1 is extinct. Of the living languages, 25 are indigenous and 1 is non-indigenous. Furthermore, 8 are institutional, 6 are developing, 10 are in trouble, and 2 are dying.